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PeytonP
a Weekend Warrior
from Date Reviewed: August 29, 2011
Strengths: Rock solid frame. Brakes have worked well. Looks great- loads of frame and style compliments from more experienced riders (shocking, I know!)Weaknesses: Crankset (warped after several months).
Heavy hardtail makes some climbing difficult (but, hey, it's a DJ bike!)Bottom Line: Perfect bike for beginners to big DJ/urban hitters. If you can't afford the Giant STP ( which should be your first choice), this bike will work just fine.
Coming out of BMX, I bought this bike because the frame geometry was familiar and it had front suspension and a few extra gears than what I was used to. I've ridden everything from more technical singletrack to heavy street riding with 8 ft. flat bottom drops.
I'm over 200 lbs and this bike has taken everything I've thrown at it, and I ride very hard. It's taken huge drops and bigger bails with only a few minor paint scratches. The crankset warped, but I attribute that to my size (6'3", 210lbs.)
My riding style has changed as I've fallen in love with mountain biking and my interests have changed from street influenced riding to AM/FR.
I'll keep this bike as long as possible, though, and upgrade as necessary, for the days I want to ride DJ and street.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$550.00
Purchased At: The Bike Shoppe. Nac
Bike Setup: Stock, except for stronger crankset.
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grime
a Weekend Warrior
from timmins ontario canadaDate Reviewed: December 11, 2010
Strengths: Looks sharp, good geometry, super low rolling resistance, Nice frame.n The price was sure nice for the gruppo you get.Weaknesses: The Forks. The stock RST Launch forks are "ok", they work reasonably well, and DO have adjustable preload but would like to have adjustable dampimg. Unfortunately they have to go cheap somewhere to get to this low price point.Bottom Line: Shifts like a dream, rolls like a dream, This is the BMX for adults I've been dreaming of. With a little careful dialing in the gears work flawlessly and the brakes hit (almost) as hard as a good set of hydraulics. I LOVE the frame geometry and the gear ratios are just about optimum for my riding style. I do a lot of downhill in the cement jungle, jumping off walls, loading docks, bunnyhopping curbs etc., and the bike lets me ride waaay over my head. Note that I am 49 yrs old and over 200#. This is way outside of the bike's intended design use, but it never lets me down. Forks are a bit low buck, but not so bat that they have to go right away. This was by far the best bang for the buck in THIS town.
Favorite Trail: rotary traul to south end
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$499.00
Purchased At: Source for Sports
Similar Products Used: Norco 125, GT Chucker 2.0, Marin Alcatraz
Bike Setup: Stock, but took the time to dial in the stock setup really well.
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bennyhosk
a Weekend Warrior
from Traralgon, Victoria, AustraliaDate Reviewed: November 30, 2010
Strengths: Strong frame, looks good, fairly lightWeaknesses: needs to be serviced regularlyBottom Line: Great bike for a beginner, great for jumping, cheap.
Favorite Trail: Tyers
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At: Bicycle HQ
Similar Products Used: -
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XxBRASSxX
a Downhiller
from hamiltonDate Reviewed: September 26, 2010
Strengths: very well built, good frame holds up nicly,perfect hight for jumps nice look very strong bikeWeaknesses: needs adjusting allot like every 2 months or so but its regular with these bike considering that they are dirt jumping bikesBottom Line: this bike is worth the money spent it is well built and very strong good for all round travel and jumps. is a very good fit for all riders and tires are good for trails and grips. VERY GOOD BIKE!!!!!
Favorite Trail: bruse trail 4mile hamilton
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$640.00
Purchased At: ancastercycle
Similar Products Used: norco rival
Bike Setup: stock except pedals grips seat cables and derailleur.
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jd4x426
a Weekend Warrior
from Northampton, PADate Reviewed: August 22, 2010
Strengths: frame is built well good price all aorund good bike for the priceWeaknesses: the fork is somewhat to be desired but its still holding up just generally cheaper components but to expected at this price pointBottom Line: for the price its a decent bike i beat the crap out mine and nothing broke yet blew apart a tire but thats it for someone just getting into mountain biking its a decent choice
Favorite Trail: salsbury
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: na
Bike Setup: stock except for new rear tire
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spskark7
a Downhiller
from greece athensDate Reviewed: July 4, 2009
Strengths: realy strong frame
can be upgrade at future
great lookingWeaknesses: you have to spend around 600$ for make it good
and its heavy until you upgrade it with lightest partsBottom Line: great bike realy strong i am doing downhill with this
and i have make it better than kona cowan
i am telling u to buy it its great but you have to change
handlebars (put truvatuv world cup)
chain ccuild (put truvativ box guild)
and fork (put rock shoc agryle 318)
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this bike is cheap because have parts that suck if you change it you have a bike that can dirt and soft downhill
Favorite Trail: immitos 10
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$650.00
Purchased At: marousi bikes
Similar Products Used: kona scrap
ideal jump up
giant brass 1
giant stp
Bike Setup: giant brass 2 with lots of upgrades
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